Reinaldo Arenas papers, 1959-1986.

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Reinaldo Arenas papers, 1959-1986.

Consists of personal and working papers of Arenas.

10.10 cu. ft. (27 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7777521

Princeton University Library

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Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990

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Novelist, storywriter, poet, and essayist, Reinaldo Arenas was born in Holguín, Province of Oriente, Cuba, in 1943. He studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad de La Habana without completing a degree. His first novel, CELESTINO ANTES DEL ALBA, which in 1965 won a First Mention Award at the Cirilo Villaverde National Competition, was published by the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists in 1967. In 1973, he was sent to prison after being charged and convicted for "ideological...